July 13, 2026 - ALUMNI NEWS

Tanner Marsh (AHS '23) was selected by the Athletics in the ninth round of the Major League Baseball draft over the weekend.

The Liberty University shortstop has started every game of his college career and has been among the leaders in numerous offensive and defensive categories for the Liberty program, Conference USA and NCAA baseball. He is the 2026 CUSA Player of the Year and CUSA Defensive Player of the Year. He was also named to the NCAA Division I All-Region Team for the Atlantic Region.

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July 13, 2026 - Monday Schedule

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July 12, 2026 - Sunday Schedule

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July 11, 2026 - Saturday Result

LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Area 3 Quarter Finals (2 of 3)

Randolph County 12, Queen City 2 (Game 2)

Post 45 advanced to the Area III semi-final series with the road win.

Tate Andrews hit his second home run in two nights - this time a grand slam - and Brady Armfield added a 3-run home run to push Randolph ahead 9-0 at the midway point of the game. Andrews finished with 5 rbi while Armfield drove in 3 runs and scored two.

Price Kidd got the complete game victory allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks with 1 strikeout in five innings.

Jake Riddle (double, rbi, 2 runs), Hudson Deel (double, 2 runs) all had two hits. There were single hits by Andrews, Lucas Connor (rbi), Sam Gore (run), Ashton Poe (2 runs) and Wilson Boswell.

The semi-finals are scheduled to begin Tuesday with Randolph County facing defending Area Champion Union County in a best-of-five series. Union defeated Randolph last season 3 games to 1 in a semi-final matchup,

July 11, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES

Dennis Garcia and coach Nate Cockman talk about the 2026 American Legion Baseball season in the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

July 10, 2026 - Friday Result

LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Area 3 Quarter Finals (2 of 3)

Randolph County 19, Queen City 15  (Game 1)

The teams combined for 28 hits, including 5 home runs and 6 doubles, and Post 45 scored in all six offensive innings for the come-from-behind win in the first game against Queen City in the Area III quarter finals.

Tate Andrews had 2 hits with a solo home run and 3 rbi, Lucas Conner hit a solo homer and scored 4 times and Hudson Deel had 3 hits (2 doubles), scored 3 runs and drove in 2 more. There were 2 hits each by Brady Armfield who drove in 4 runs and scored three, Jake Riddle (rbi, 2 runs) and Ashton Poe (2 rbi, run). Jackson Hill added a hit and an rbi and scored a run.

John Kirkpatrick took the mound with 2 outs in the top of the fourth, pitched 3.1 scoreless innings and was the winning pitcher with scattering 5 hits and a walk. Keaton Hill pitched the first two innings (8 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts) and Kyle Dillow followed with 1.2 innings of work (7 runs, 4 hits, 3 walks).

July 9, 2026 - Thursday Schedule

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July 8, 2026 - Wednesday Result

LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS

High Point 13, Liberty 3 (Game 3)

The Hi Toms had an early 1-0 lead but Liberty's Bryson Marley led off the top of the third with a single and tied the game on an rbi double by John Wittig with 2 outs. Chance Holdaway followed with his third home run of the season to put Post 81 ahead 3-1.

Post 87, however, batted around in the in fifth, scoring 5 runs, and sent 11 to the plate in the sixth, adding 7 more. before reaching the 10-run lead to clinch the series.

Wittig had 2 hits for Liberty with a double, a run scored and a run-batted-in. Marley had the 2-rbi homer and Marley a hit with a run scored and Tyler Westbrooks recorded a single.

Starting pitcher Landon Albright took the loss working 3.1 innings with 6 runs (4 er) on 6 hits and 3 walks with 1 strikeout. Bryson Arrington pitched the final inning with 7 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks.